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      "text": "The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven."
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      "text": "The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven."
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      "text": "And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?",
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